“Sarpedon, Lycian monarch, what has brought Thee hither, trembling thus, and inexpert In battle? Lying flatterers are they That call thee son of Jupiter who bears The aegis; for unlike the heroes thou, Born to the Thunderer in times of old, Nor like my daring father, Hercules The lion-hearted, who once came to Troy To claim the coursers of Laomedon. With but six ships, and warriors but a few, He laid the city waste and made its streets A desolation. Thou art weak of heart, And round thee are thy people perishing; Yet, even wert thou brave, thy presence here From Lycia’s coast would prove of small avail To Troy; for, slain in combat here by me, Thou to the gates of Hades shalt go down.”